Informes

I have just wrapped up a short mission to Burkina Faso. What I saw and heard left a deep impression on me. This is a critical time for Burkina Faso. First, humanitarian needs are rising fast. A quarter…

CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW • Since 17 February 2022, armed groups affiliated with the Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) have surrounded Djibo town in Soum province, located at the border with Mali. The groups have been controlling…

Kaya, ville située à une centaine de kilomètre au nord-est de Ouagadougou, connait depuis 2019, un afflux massif de déplacés. Les exactions des groupes armés et la violence frappent de nombreuses communes de la région :…

Kaya, a city about 100 km north-east of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, has experienced a massive influx of internally displaced people since 2019. Insecurity and violence by armed groups have affected many communities in the region,…

Senegal, Dakar, 16 October – 58 million people1 across West and Central Africa, including nearly 29 million children, are now acutely food insecure and in need of urgent food assistance, says an alliance of leading international…

Since 2018, Burkina Faso has been plagued by violent clashes in the Sahel, which have caused the internal displacement of over 1.5 million people, and has become the epicentre of multiple humanitarian crises. For months, our teams…

On the 30th of September, Burkina Faso was rocked by a new coup d’état only a few months after the overthrow of President Kaboré and the establishment of a civilian-military transitional government. This new putsch, “motivated”,…

HIGHLIGHTS According to the revised 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance increased from 3.5 million to 4.9 million, and the number of children in need increased from 2 to 2.8…

Since 2015, the armed conflict in Burkina Faso has displaced nearly 2 million people, more than half of them children. Eighteen -year-old Ali and his family were forced to flee their home in Dablo, northern…

Introduction Burkina Faso's complex and volatile crisis continues to deteriorate quickly and severely. The country is among the 10 poorest in the world. The internal conflict has intensified, spreading across all regions of the country. Armed violence has…